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L&T reports sales of Rs.20,294 crore and profit of Rs.1,788 crore L&T announces bonus issue of 1 share for every 2 held

Wed, May 22 2013. 12 41 AM IST

Sebi seeks sweeping powers

Sebi chief talks about minimum public shareholding norms and needing more power to deal with offenders

Wed, May 22 2013. 12 46 PM IST

New CAG Shashi Kant Sharma seen as a conservative choice

Sharma to succeed Vinod Rai who demits office on Wednesday after a controversial 5-year term

Wed, May 22 2013. 12 37 PM IST

Death in parched farm field reveals growing India water tragedy

Conflicts between industry and farmers getting worse as water becomes more and more scarce

Wed, May 22 2013. 12 42 PM IST

Sahara pulls Pune Warriors from IPL in dispute with BCCI

BCCI encashes team’s bank guarantee; Sahara says it will sponsor the national team only till December

Wed, May 22 2013. 01 03 AM IST

UPA report card: Nine years and counting

A review of the nine-year tenure of the Congress-led UPA government

money

Wed, May 22 2013. 10 39 AM IST

Sensex snaps 2-day losses on stimulus optimism after BoJ plan

State Bank of India climbs 1.2%, its first gain in three days, while Coal India advances for a third day

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companies

Wed, May 22 2013. 12 01 PM IST

Google, Yahoo join Apple in avoiding taxes with stateless income

Shifting of profits by MNCs is costing US and Europe billions of dollars per year in lost tax revenue

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opinion

Tue, May 21 2013. 05 20 PM IST

Why India needs ambitious projects

Large infrastructure projects are one way to rescue the Indian economy

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consumer

Wed, May 22 2013. 09 22 AM IST

ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs: source

ESPN is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, as per the source

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industry

Wed, May 22 2013. 10 18 AM IST

India leads Asian cuts in Iran oil imports

Move should increase its chances of winning US waiver on sanctions targeting oil trade with Iran

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Policy

Wed, May 22 2013. 09 57 AM IST

US Senate panel clears immigration Bill

Panel backs move to ease curbs on high-tech US firms that want to hire more workers from nations like India

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Lounge

Sari folks, no sexy dressing from India

Why the sari is the real hero and our current love for cloistered clothing

Hit the right notes on any budget

Interested in buying high-end audio but scared of the jargon? Our handy guide should help

Wonder wall

A bunch of designers are making sure you don’t draw a blank when it comes to affordable options for decorating your walls

Extract | A plan to pack on muscle

Celebrity fitness trainer Kris Gethin, the man behind Hrithik Roshan’s muscles, talks about his programme and relates stories of physical transformation

From Vidya Balan to Amitabh Bachchan, it’s a costume catastrophe at Cannes

Looks like it is time to lament Indian fashion

Cannes Diary | Masters new and old

Asghar Farhadi scores another winner with The Past, and Satyajiy Ray’s Charulata comes back in view

Excerpt | Man must cook (and a grand theory of everything)

If men have any hope of redeeming themselves, they need to get familiar with the kitchen. PS: Involve sons too

Literature | Life’s little ironies

Scholar, translator and painter Daisy Rockwell on Upendranath Ashk, one of Hindi literature’s greatest writers

Sari folks, no sexy dressing from India

Why the sari is the real hero and our current love for cloistered clothing

Hit the right notes on any budget

Interested in buying high-end audio but scared of the jargon? Our handy guide should help

Wonder wall

A bunch of designers are making sure you don’t draw a blank when it comes to affordable options for decorating your walls

Extract | A plan to pack on muscle

Celebrity fitness trainer Kris Gethin, the man behind Hrithik Roshan’s muscles, talks about his programme and relates stories of physical transformation